Jeremy Kyle and television’s grim reality

The Jeremy Kyle TV show has been suspended after a guest died just days after filming an episode.

Steven Dymond died in a suspected suicide. Friends and family report him being in extreme distress after filming the show.

It follows suicides by two former Love Island contestants in the past year. Sophie Gradon and Mike Thalassitis both appeared on the reality programme where contestants have to form romantic partnerships to win a cash prize. Jeremy Kyle, Love Island and other programmes are based on ordinary people exposing their problems and vulnerabilities for the voyeuristic pleasure of viewers.

On Jeremy Kyle, the complicated lives of ordinary people are thrown up in the air.